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Today was always going to be a challenging day and that's what we got.

Shoving off after breakfast with Dave & Linda, the climbing started right away as right on the edge of town as we started up a very pretty corniche road to Col de Marmare and Col de Chioula. Like many climbs we've encountered this trip it …

... way into the canyon/gorge. Those who chose not to swim enjoyed a relaxing afternoon napping under a tree, listening to the sounds of the cicadas. It seemed that everyone was happy to enjoy a lazy day where time was not a factor (for once). When it was finally time to leave Tautavel (and France) behind, we loaded ourselves onto the coach and prepared ourselves for a 3 hour bus ride to Barcelona. Swimming and lounging in ...

... so heat exhaustion and dehydration were not the threats they were for yesterday's cyclists.

Our nominal route today included 6 "Cols"; admittedly, a couple of them were pretty close together. The BIG peaks were Col de Pailheires (2001m) and Col de Jau (1500+m), and they were NOT close together! It was a long day of cycling and climbing, punctuated ...

The good news is that the stopping area was spectacular. Middle of some amazing gorges..called Les Gorges des Galamus. All it lacked was a coffee shop/van. Well as 14:40pm drew closer and the group of cars got longer, people started getting ready. At 14:45pm she came and said 'ten more minutes'. At 3pm came the chief worker came out but stopped and had a very ...

Picked up Trumpy from mechanic at La Marseillette and took circuitous route through the Cathar region - Montlaur, Lagrasse, Termes, chateau at Villerouge-Termenes, Maury and D117 into Perpignan. Great biking roads through miles of vineyards. Peculiar but €45 hotel and ****** takeout pizza when owner refused to let us share one at table and insisted we each ate our own. Workaround by repositioning at takeout counter! ...